ABSTRACT

The death of a loved one can create a tear in the fabric of meaning. Grieving involves remaking meaning. In therapy, events can be emplotted into stories, which can return some sense of coherence to the bereaved. In this paper, I present a way of narrating loss through a narrative therapy approach of retelling. This involved writing found poems, known as rescued speech poems, from the conversations of people who had lost a loved partner. The found poetry sought to bring an order to grieving and to polish the beauty of key moments following loss. For one participant, the found poetry amplified a narrative of the biography of the loved one. For another, the poems added beauty to a memory of her deceased partner. Thus, rescued speech poems—judiciously selected from speech, and sensitively arranged on the page—can provide another way to facilitate vibrant meaning-making of life after loss.

摘要

所爱之人的去世可能会撕裂意义的结构。悲伤涉及重塑意义。在治疗中，事件可以被设计成故事，这可以让失去亲人的人恢复某种连贯性。在本文中，我提出了一种通过复述的叙事疗法来叙述失去的方法。这涉及从失去挚爱的人的谈话中发现诗歌，被称为获救的演讲诗。发现的诗歌试图为悲伤带来秩序，并为失去后的关键时刻增添美感。对于一位参与者来说，发现的诗歌放大了对所爱之人传记的叙述。另一方面，这些诗为她已故伴侣的记忆增添了美感。因此，被拯救的演讲诗——从演讲中明智地挑选出来，